WoRMS taxon details
Gaussaster antarcticus (Sladen, 1889)
172736 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172736)
accepted
Species
Gaussaster vanhoeffeni Ludwig, 1910 · unaccepted (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1962))
Pararchaster antarcticus Sladen, 1889 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Pararchaster antarcticus Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 11 [details]
page(s): 11 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Gaussaster antarcticus (Sladen, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172736 on 2025-10-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gaussaster vanhoeffeni Ludwig, 1910) Ludwig, H. (1910). Notomyota, eine neue Ordung der Seesterne. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 23: 435-466., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29202262
page(s): 458 [details]
original description (of Pararchaster antarcticus Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 11 [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 458 [details]
original description (of Pararchaster antarcticus Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 11 [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gaussaster antarcticus)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Pararchaster antarcticus Sladen, 1889)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gaussasteran antarcticus (Sladen) (USNM E13584) arm, dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gaussasteran antarcticus (Sladen) (USNM E13584) ventral view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (10 records)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gaussaster antarcticus)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Pararchaster antarcticus Sladen, 1889)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gaussasteran antarcticus (Sladen) (USNM E13584) arm, dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gaussasteran antarcticus (Sladen) (USNM E13584) ventral view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (10 records)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
